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GORE
REMAINS OPTIMISTIC
Vice President Al Gore tells reporters
he still thinks he has a chance at winning the White House. (12/5)
(RealAudio).
DASCHLE,
LIEBERMAN SUPPORT GORE CHALLENGES
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.)
and vice
presidential candidate Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) speak out in support
of Al Gore's legal challenges in Florida.(12/5)
(RealAudio).
 SUPREME
COURT HEARS BUSH APPEAL (12/1)
ARGUMENTS
BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT:
Bush lawyer Theodore
Olson urges the court to overturn the Florida Supreme Court decision
to extend the deadline for counting ballots (text
and RealAudio).
Attorneys representing
Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris for the Bush side defend
her decision to certify the election totals (text
and RealAudio).
Attorneys representing
Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth for the Gore side defend
the Florida court's position (text
and RealAudio).
Gore
lawyer Laurence Tribe argues that the Florida Supreme Court ruling
is the only way to make sure that all the votes count (text
and RealAudio).
Bush lawyer Theodore Olson uses the remainder of his time at the
end of the session (text
and RealAudio).
REACTIONS
TO SUPREME COURT SESSION
REALAUDIO:
Bush lawyer Theodore Olson says he was not surprised that the justices
asked whether this was a federal case. (12/1)
REALAUDIO:
Gore lawyer Laurence Tribe says the High Court is weighing the gravity
of intervening in this situation. (12/1)
STUMP SPEECHES
RealAudio:
Excerpts of Gore and Bush on the trail as they battle for support. (10/30)
Vice
Presidential Candidates: Republican Dick Cheney in Washington and
Senator Joe Lieberman in Indiana. (10/27)
 POLITICAL
WRAP
With the final debate over, Shields
and Gigot take the pulse of the presidential race. (10/20)
THE FINAL DEBATE
Full coverage of the final meeting
between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George Bush -- a town
hall debate in St. Louis. (10/17-18)
THE FINAL DEBATE
TRANSCRIPT
Part
I: HMOs, drug prices and a national health care system
Part II:
Education policies and the growth of the U.S. government
Part III:
Middle East policy, the use of U.S. forces and the gun issue
Part IV:
Agriculture policy, the "death tax" and morality in America
Part V:
Diversity, the youth vote and the impact on the individual
Part VI:
American cynicism, the death penalty and closing statements
(10/17)
 DEBATE
NIGHT
A local-national discussion focusing on who
should control the next Congress. (10/15)
THE SECOND PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE
Full
coverage of the second presidential debate. (10/11-12)
THE SECOND DEBATE
TRANSCRIPT
Part
I: Using America's force and peace to the Middle East
Part II:
Yugoslavia, past U.S. military interventions and wielding an economic
sword
Part III:
Racial profiling, other racial matters and same-sex unions
Part IV:
Gun control, the uninsured and a closer look at the Texas record
Part V:
Outlining environmental issues and policies and the bumbling and exaggeration
issues
Part VI:
Closing statements
(10/11)
 THE
VEEP DEBATE
Full
coverage of the vice presidential debate. (10/5 - 6)
THE VP DEBATE TRANSCRIPT
Part
I: The surplus and education
Part II:
Economic inequality, abortion and dealing with Milosevic
Part III:
National security, Middle East and dealing with Saddam Hussein
Part IV:
Energy policy, environmental issues and Social Security
Part V:
Political discourse and the situation for minorities and homosexuals
Part VI:
Qualifications, their opponent's positions and offer closing thoughts
 THE
FIRST DEBATE
Full
coverage of the first presidential debate. (10/3 - 4)
THE FIRST DEBATE
TRANSCRIPT: Oct. 3, 2000
Part
I: Experience, "Medicare" and Social Security
Part II:
Energy policies, foreign affairs and use of American force
Part III:
Governing philosophies, education & leadership in a crisis
Part IV:
Potential financial crises & plans for Social Security
Part V:
The character issue and their closing statements
THIRD
PARTY VOICES
Excerpts
from recent campaign
speeches by third party presidential candidates Ralph Nader of the
Green Party and Patrick Buchanan of the Reform Party. (9/21)
THE
VEEPS SPEAK
As part of a continuing series, excerpts
from speeches by the major party vice-presidential candidates. (9/15)
THE
OLD AND THE YOUNG
A
continuing series
of excerpts from speeches by the two major party presidential candidates:
Bush in Florida and Gore in Ohio. (9/12)
ON
THE STUMP
Excerpts
from Vice President Gore at Cleveland State University in Ohio and Governor
Bush at the American Legion Convention in Milwaukee. (9/6)
DEBATING
DEBATES
Mindy
Tucker, George W. Bush's press secretary, and Doug Hattaway, Al Gore's
national spokesman, discuss
negotiations about the presidential debates. (9/4)
FOCUSING
ON ISSUES
Bush
calls for an end to the "achievement gap" and Gore focuses on
health care in these
stump speeched. (8/31)
THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
A
selection
of speeches and key documents from the Democratic National Convention.
(8/14 - 8/17)
THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
A
selection
of speeches and key documents from the Republican National Convention.
(7/31 - 8/3)
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